Well just the other day I was driving down the interstate and a radiator hose busted, which has ended up causing a massive amount of problems. Since the hose busted it caused my headgasket to go because I didnt realize what had happened until it was too late, which in turn ended up causing the head to warp. At first I was thinking this isnt gonna be to bad considering I have a new head sitting in the garage. Well today I was tearing down the old head and getting ready to replace it when I noticed that the head bolts on the exhaust side were already loose. So this made me a little concerned, well what ended up happening to my knowledge is when the head warped it pulled the head bolts just enough to mess up the threads in the block.

My question is am I going to end up having to completely replace the block or is it going to be able to be saved by drilling and retapping the threads and just putting a bigger bolt in there? Any suggestions would help alot because this whole situation is pretty shitty.
Its a 94 integra ls with only about 100,000 miles on it just in case you needed to know.

 

anyone?

 

I would try to re thread the holes but I wouldnt know if it would work or not cause I have never been in the situation but depending on how much you plan on spending and how much have to spend it may just be easier to get a new block. In my area I have seen people selling a full LS swap for $300 and all your needing is a block and im sure you could get one for cheap if you just ask around. But good luck on fixing it.

 

If I rethread the holes are they still going to be able to hold the torque without messing up again?

 

has this not happened to anyone ever?

 

i wouldnt try it, dont wase your time once the threads are gone they wont hold 63ft pounds of torque ,just get another block,next time stop the car right away wen it over heats, i had a similar situation i tried everithing ,retap ,coil,could never get the right torque , good luck